St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
OUGHT no BE THANKFUL FOR
THAT.
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Written for the Globe.
The service of cars on st. Anthony hill
Is au elegant thing you'll admit
You can stand up for hours and hold by the
straps,
Without ever firing bit.
But from until in the evening these cars
Are crowded by men, lean and fat;
We're obliged to hang on by the skin of our
teeth,
And we ought to be thankful for that.
Once a month at the high school assemblies a
board,
Who looks after orr girls and our boys;
Edueation'S the subject that ought TO rule
Ventilation creates the most noise.
They discuss oxygen in its various forms,
Call Osborne, the plumber fiat;
In the huaballOO some one moves to ad-
journ-
Well. we ought to be thankful for that.
The pugilsts, Kien and Cardiff, of late
Have INDUCED in a good deal of CUFF
And each, in the press, at convenient times
The others attempting to bluff.
Some day in the future these sluggers will
meet,
And settle their long-winded spat.
The knowing ones say that both will be killed
Well, we ought to be thankful for that.
The new commerce bill that has lately been
passed,
Has kicked up a dust in st. Paul;
The Pioneer Press has gone daft on the thing
Discussing the long and short haul.
The dear little pass that we cherished SO
much,
Nowadays wouldn't carry cat;
We must put up the "boodle' or take tie
pass,
And we ought to be thankful for that.
You'll Observe if you visit the theater now,
That the ladies' headgear is quite tall,
And if seated in rear OF a cute little DEAR
You can't see the actors at all.
But the manager says we can sit with 1.-THE
GODS
And gaze DER the turban and hat
1t comes rather high, but we'll fashion defy,
And we ought to be thankful for that.
The red man at one time owned all of the
That is now tramped upon the whites,
But we crowded him west by superior force.
And despoiied him of all of his rights.
We bounded the poor creatures both day and
night,
Like one would a dog or rat;
The very next move they go into the sea,
And they ought to be thankful for that.
The treatment of Erin by famed Johnny
Is theme for all people just now.
The Irish are asking to govern themselves,
But the Briton so much wont allow
The Scotch and the WEIGH, the Canadians,
Have all a fair shake, but for Pat
He must pay the rent, sir, or die in the
J, ditch,
And he ought to be thankful for that.
Oh, happy the man who's father you say,
All joy and all pleasure his life,
With a sweet little cherub-an innocent
child
And dear little duck OF wife.
His sleep is disturbed at all hours of the
night
BY the tiendish yells of the brat,
While his wife SHORES away mt Il terrible rate,
And he ought to be thankful for that.
The spoilsmen at present are tearing their
hair,
Indeed they're exceedingly warm,
And they're cursing their fate and they're
lying in wait
To choke civil service reform.
For the past twenty years they have voted
one ticket,
And that sure, the straight Democrat;
And now that they've won. they get nothing
at all,
And they ought to be thankful for that
When the hot weather comes we HE ourselves
forth
To summer hotel by the sea,
And there we can bask III the beau tiful
breeze,
Or.sit meath the shade of tree.
At night we can lie on n soft, downy COUCH
Not bothered by ant or by gnat.
They remove ali these pests, but they leave
us the bugs,
And we ought to be thankful for that.
You'll perceive IL you pick up the lust fashion
plate
And casually give 1t glance,
That u new innovation has lately arrived
In the shape OF u change in mems pants.
The broonsticks that used to parade up our
streets
Now encircled In bags will look fat,
And dudes will appear human beings again
We ought to be thankful for that.
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